Dog DNA to Prosecute Owners?
I have seen this more than once now, including as an April Fools Story. Cities creating a database of canine DNA in order to track down owners who fail to clean up after their pets. Well the story has resurfaced…
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Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore?
I just came across an article distributed by the Slate discussing the above topic. This brought my thinking to the use of DNA and the idea of anonymity in general. DNA testing makes them easy to trace By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt…
Baby Gender, Genetic Disorder, Paternity Test After Just 5 Weeks: Research Holy Grail or Illusion?
A blood test that can determine the gender and genetic abnormalities in a unborn baby as early as five weeks has proven to be successful according to Dutch researchers. The researchers claim that the test has almost 100 per cent…
DNA Mixed Dog Breed Testing
This canine mystery solver is quickly becoming a popular within the dog community and in the media. Both ABC and NBC, as well as other mainstream media, bloggers and animal lovers with websites, have run stories on breed testing over…
Raising Your “Willful Child,” Without Going Off The Parenting Deep End!
Over 200 pairs of eyes are glued to me as my willful child screams, “ORDER ME MY MEAL NOW!” My child has refused to order her own hamburger (as she has done many times before) and when I calmly tell…
Switched at Birth
56 Years ago, two Oregon women, Kay Rene (Reed) Qualls and DeeAnn (Angell) Shafer, were born at Heppner’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital. While both girls were being bathed they were accidentally switched and returned to the wrong mothers. The mistake was…
Twins Have Two Different Fathers!
A Texas mother of twins discovers that they have two separate fathers. The mother, Mia Washington, cheated on her partner, James Harrison, with another man. One of her eggs was fertilized by James Harrison’s sperm and the second egg was…
BioArts’ Best Friends Again Program
BioArts is an American company who has teamed up with Sooam Biotech Research Foundation close to Seoul Korea to offer the Best Friends Again Program. This Program offers dog and cat cloning to the general public. Currently they have only…
Genetic Study Illuminates African Ancestry and Diversity
Just published in April in the Science Express is an amazing article on Ancestry testing. The international research team, led by Sarah Tishkoff, a geneticist at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania, studied genetic variation among 121…
